SMTP Default Settings

In the 6.1.x deployment, the email settings were changed to default route emails through the cloud rather than through an SMTP server setup by us or one of our customers. Due to this, the default events that are setup to send emails are now constantly spamming the Administrators with emails about problems. This is especially problematic because during a new install for one of our sites, cameras and or/the entire network are constantly going up and down as we make changes and install devices. For the default install, can we either change the email settings back to Via SMTP so that it doesn't have a way to route out emails or disable the default event rules so they aren't automatically setup to send emails?

It has come to the point where it is flooding our inboxes, and even if we wanted to use them as a notifier to troubleshoot, because they are setup to send to all admins, we are being desensitized to the alerts and ignoring them altogether.